3 Women Sought In Theft Of $200 In Tamaqua Police

Tamaqua police are looking for three women who allegedly stole about $200 from a Tamaqua man early yesterday morning.

Police say they received a call at 6:46 a.m. from Robert Kovalesky, 46, of 213 E. Rowe St. who reported that he was robbed.

Kovalesky told police that he was walking on Center Street, near Cedar Street, at about 6:30 a.m. when he was approached by the three women, who asked if they could use his bathroom if he lived nearby.

Kovalesky took the women to his house. They ran from the home a short time later. They left the area by going through a yard on E. Broad Street and ran east on Broad Street.

The man then said he discovered that about $200 in cash was missing from hishome. The money had been on top of a dresser in his bedroom.

Police said the women were later sighted in the company of a man in a white or gray Opel. The rear window of the car was missing.